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Egypt to Elect Mubarak Replacement

Friday, 18 May 2012 | 12:00 PM ET

Egyptians head to the polls on Wednesday and Thursday next week to elect a president to replace Hosni Mubarak. It will be the first fair leadership election in the country, nearly a year and a half after the revolution which saw Mubarak ousted amid months of violent protests. Lawrence Saez, a politics professor at London's School of Oriental and African Studies, gave CNBC a preview.